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Cheers Wessex. Managed to watch it without any spoilers.....
Basically a cobbled XI vs a West Ham U21 (or as Danny C said U23) team that have been playing with each other (and winning things) since U8s probably.
Shame that non of our youngsters, reserves did enough to be in contention for a starting place - but I would rather a fit starting XI for Saturday, then a win in this competion and a few injuries for the weekend.
Thought Mbick looked confident when stepping up to take the penalty - but I had to replay the action after the pentalty again to see how Lisbie managed to miss the rebound - turns out Mbick blocked it on the line otherwise would have been a certain goal!
Nevermind - as the old saying goes "concerntrate on the league" and "there's always next season"
As for the 0-4 wasn't that versus Spurs when they bought on a 20 million pound youth teamer?
Just Googled this and found:
7:30pm, Tuesday 19th September 2023. Colchester United 0-5 Tottenham Hotspur U21.
Let's have a look at the Spurs goalscorers to see 'Where are they now', as this competition was meant to act as a springboard for young "stars of the future" to gain experience before featuring for the first team?!?
J Donley (33rd minute and 6th minute) J Soonsup-Bell (53rd minute, 73rd minute) W Lankshear (60th minute)
J Donley: Jamie Paul Donley (born 3 January 2005) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship team Stoke City on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Born in Northern Ireland and raised in England, he was a youth international for both countries, before opting to play for the Northern Ireland national team at senior level: 2024–2025 → Leyton Orient (loan) 39 (8) 2025– → Stoke City (loan) 4 (0)
Jude Jacob Soonsup-Bell (Thai: จู๊ด ซุ่นทรัพย์-เบลล์; born 10 January 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League Two club Grimsby Town. Born in England, he plays for the Thailand national team. 2024–2025 Córdoba 7 (0) 2025 → Sanluqueño (loan) 13 (1) 2025– Grimsby Town 6 (0)
William Terence Lankshear (born 20 April 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Oxford United, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. 2025 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 11 (0) 2025– → Oxford United (loan) 13 (4)
Make of that what you will
I also Googled 'which current players in the England squad have played in the EFL Trophy'
and this was the answer: "Several current England squad players have EFL Trophy experience, including Ezri Konsa, Marc Guehi, John Stones, James Garner, Declan Rice, Jarrad Branthwaite, Cole Palmer, and Phil Foden, many starting with academy sides (like Chelsea U21s for Guehi, Man Utd U21 for Garner) or on early loans, showcasing how the competition builds future senior internationals."
So I guess you could say that the competition is working for the Premier League teams.
My dislike for West Ham comes from when I was a lad at school supporting Col U when some of the other (shall we call them ‘cooler’) boys in school decided to change the team they support from Arsenal and Man Utd to their local team! Now bearing in mind that they all lived, and I assume were born in Colchester, I thought that we might have had one or two extra Col U fans to populate Layer Road – nope, I was wrong they plumbed for that other “local” team approx. 60 miles away in East London! Then as I got older there were neighbours and work colleagues that supported West Ham for no other reason than being the local “big Team in Essex!?!?”
Anyway, moving on and it sounds like lots of other Colchester/Clacton/Witham/Braintree based West Ham fans will be descending on the Jobserve Community Stadium to join Robbie and maybe Danny in the away end (approx. 1,500 at last guess) having not read the script about the boycott surrounding this tournament.
Ah yes, this tournament. At the time of writing the EFL Trophy is currently known as the Vertue Trophy. I say at the time writing because sponsorship of the Associate Members' Cup (renamed the Football League Trophy in 1992) has had 10 different sponsors in 40 odd years with 4 in the last 10 years (Checkatrade.com, Leasing.com, Papa John’s and now Vertu Motors). However, many Col U fans will remember fondly that this trophy was once known as the Auto Windscreens Shield (1994-2000), and in April 1997 a young Karl Duguid missed the 4th Col U penalty, leaving it to soon-to-be Col U player Warren Aspinall to score his. After Peter Cawley saw his penalty and Col U’s 5th saved, Carlisle captain Steve Hayward scored his to win the penalty shootout for Carlisle.
Onto Tuesday’s match with “them” down the road and Danny Cowley has admitted that he was disappointed with the EFL for approving the change of date of this match from December 2nd to December 9th having planned for some of The U’s youngsters to feature in the match, before heading out on loan.
Cowley said: “Everything had been planned for us to play West Ham, on December 2.
“But unfortunately, we got on the wrong side of a big club, which sometimes you do.
“West Ham put another fixture on that day and have played strong teams, in this competition to that point.
“I think they have a first team game on December 4 [at Manchester United], so they weren’t keen to play it on that date.
“It’s not ideal for us, because we’d prepared to play it that week and we’ve got some young ones who we really want to go out on loan, but we don’t want them to go out, until they’ve played in this game, because it’s a great game for them and an important part of their development.
“It’s going to move their fixture closer to the run of games that we already have over the Christmas period and after the 9th, we’re away for an early kick-off, against Salford.
“We’re pretty disappointed with the league, because we thought it was an EFL competition and we’re an EFL team.
“I’m a bit perplexed and disappointed that they haven’t supported us in that. “We’re now going to have to play a West Ham team who already in this competition have played first-team players in Tomas Soucek and have incredible kids, players that won the FA Youth Cup three years ago.
“They’ve got boys like George Earthy who was in the Championship Team of the Year and [Freddie] Potts has already played in this competition as well.
“It’s life changing money for us as a football club – it can really make a difference and we’d just like to have a fair crack at it but it doesn’t look like we’ve been given it, so I think we just have to accept it.”
So, Danny C is getting his excuses in all ready it seems. However, West Ham Utd U21 have lost to Reading 3-1 back in Sept with Soucek playing the full 90 minutes, so we should show no fear!
As for our starting line-up, I would go:
GK: Smith RB: Hunt CB: Kuffour Jr CB: Araujo (swap for Tucker at half time) LB: Powell RM: Gordon CM: Gape (swap for Oni at half time CM: Bishop (swap for Read at half time) LM: Edwards CF: Willaims CF: Goodwin
We're all very excited over here in NZ - our first World Cup since going undefeated in 2010 (3 draws)!
A group led by Belgium with Egypt and Iran has the Nation believing that we can get our first ever win at a World Cup (lost all 3 in 1982), and as Wessex mentioning a chance for some of the 3rd placed teams qulaifiying for the next round, a chance to get out of the group stages for the first time!
Everyone seems happy that we have all of our matches on the West Coast (2 in Vancouver and 1 in LA) as there are direct flights from NZ to both of these cities and the kick-off times are better for watching in NZ apparently (2x 1pm and 1x 3pm), rather than on the East Coast (8am, 9am etc).
All hopes will lay firmly with Chris Wood. However, there are a few names from the EFL in the squad including Liberato Cacace (Wrexham), Marko Stamenic (Swansea), Matt Garbett (Peterborough) and Ben Waine (Port Vale) and few with MLS experience which should help in a tournament held in that part of the World
EVERTON 1-0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2-1 BRENTFORD LEEDS UNITED 1-2 LIVERPOOL (17.30) IPSWICH TOWN 1-2 COVENTRY CITY SHEFFIELD UNITED 2-1 STOKE CITY SOUTHAMPTON 2-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY
SUNDERLAND 0-1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH NORWICH CITY 0-1 QUEENS PARK RANGERS WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-0 SWANSEA CITY WREXHAM 1-0 BLACKBURN ROVERS PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 1-0 NORTHAMPTON TOWN WIGAN ATHLETIC 0-1 STEVENAGE SALFORD CITY 1-0v CRAWLEY TOWN
well that is very sad. RIP pwrightsknees and burnsieespana
Great review and preview Wessex
As for your team line-up, you just need to replace Tucker with Hunt as Tucker went into centre half after the injury to Flanaghan. Any news on Bishop returning?
As for a prediction - a scrappy 1-0 to The U's will do!
What a win! Durham would definitely have loved that one
Another Notts County Vlog: (do we have a Col U vlogger?!?)
Need to back up these last two away wins with two home wins vs Cheltenham and Gillingham (oh, and if we can throw in a win in the FLT too - that would be great)
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1-2 CRYSTAL PALACE NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-2 MANCHESTER CITY (17.30) LEICESTER CITY 1-2 STOKE CITY PORTSMOUTH 0-1 MILLWALL EXETER CITY PvP BURTON ALBION POSTPONED Due to a stadium fire BARNSLEY 1-2 LUTON TOWN BOLTON WANDERERS 2-1 BRADFORD CITY GILLINGHAM 2-1 BARNET (12.30) CHELTENHAM TOWN 1-0 BRISTOL ROVERS SWINDON TOWN 2-1 GRIMSBY TOWN
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